Johnny Mac last year said that Rafa is the best he's ever seen on clay.

The guy is old, so he is probably senile.

I'm a Swede, but I will still vote for Nadal. I haven't seen Björn during his prime years but I've seen a lot of his old matches on Swedish television (re-runs) and I mean a lot. I just don't see him beating a prime Nadal on clay.

You compare.
Personally, I think Nadal shows more skill. Maybe it's the technology, but the older matches seem to be slower and softer. It's all subjective, but check out the clips and make up your own mind.

You compare.
Personally, I think Nadal shows more skill. Maybe it's the technology, but the older matches seem to be slower and softer. It's all subjective, but check out the clips and make up your own mind.

You compare.
Personally, I think Nadal shows more skill. Maybe it's the technology, but the older matches seem to be slower and softer. It's all subjective, but check out the clips and make up your own mind.

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Wow tennis was so boring back in 1981 lol. Those guys are barely running in that clip. They look like they're almost at walking pace.

Its a very tough thing to compare 2 greats from different eras...who would win Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali?
Give Nadal a woodenracket,and grey non-pressuriced balls and put prime Borg in front off him then we would have a real battle!
I voted Borg.

Johnny Mac last year said that Rafa is the best he's ever seen on clay.

The guy is old, so he is probably senile.

I'm a Swede, but I will still vote for Nadal. I haven't seen Björn during his prime years but I've seen a lot of his old matches on Swedish television (re-runs) and I mean a lot. I just don't see him beating a prime Nadal on clay.

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i'd love to see the almighty Jesus Raf shanking 90% of his shots in a 65 sq. in...

Every year around this time someone starts a thread like this. This is so pointless!!! They'll never play!!! There is no reason to try to compare eras. There doesn't always have to be a GOAT. There can be two separate phenomenal dominating players in history. One doesn't have to be the greatest EVER...

Its a very tough thing to compare 2 greats from different eras...who would win Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali?
Give Nadal a woodenracket,and grey non-pressuriced balls and put prime Borg in front off him then we would have a real battle!
I voted Borg.

One thing I know is that Borg has the best tennis movement I've ever seen. Yes, better than Nadal's.
Also ... to the jackasses who say there's barely any running and the game is oh so slow, well the surface is different, the racquets are different, and the balls are different.
Have a look at CyBorg's link and tell me they hit "softly" and barely did any running back then.
Puhlease ... Connors had to hit above his head 100 times due to the topspin generated by Borg with a 60ish sq inch racquet with 18 mains. A bit more difficult to time and hit topspin regularly with that tool when compared with a 100 sq inch Babolat AeroPro I would say.
Get some perspective. If you can't find it in your brains ... buy some.

Disagree. Borg percentages on red clay are pretty much identical to Nadal's and he won two French Opens without losing a set. Nadal has so far done it once.

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Not sure about this. Nadal has absolutely dominated Monte Carlo, more than Borg did. And Nadal's numbers at Rome are better than Borg's as well. Nadal has dominated the two biggest non-major clay events. I'm not sure that Borg did this to such a degree.